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A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.Agnes Repplier
2
The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.Agnes Repplier
3
We may fail of our happiness strive we ever so bravely but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgment our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier
4
A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.Agnes Repplier
5
Humor brings insight and tolerance.Agnes Repplier
6
We are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier
7
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.Agnes Repplier
8
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives.Agnes Repplier
9
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.Agnes Repplier
10
The tourist may complain of other tourists but he would be lost without them.Agnes Repplier
11
We may fail of our happiness strive we ever so bravely but we are less likely to fail if we measure with judgement our chances and our capabilities.Agnes Repplier
12
It has been wisely said that we cannot really love anybody at whom we never laugh.Agnes Repplier
13
Wit is the salt of conversation not the food and few things in the world are more wearying than a sarcastic attitude towards life.Agnes Repplier
14
Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.Agnes Repplier
15
Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.Agnes Repplier
16
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.Agnes Repplier
17
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever, and generally stopping before it gets there.Agnes Repplier
18
It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.Agnes Repplier
19
It is as impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.Agnes Repplier
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We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.Agnes Repplier